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1 SOLDIERS LETTER TO HIS FATHER AM) MOTHER Claud C Smith, 1st Lt- Hdqrs. Co.. <kst Artillery, C. A. C., American Expeditionary Forces.has written hi<? j parents, Dr. and Mrs. Van .Smith, an- ! tber letter which we take pleasure j in. placing before our interested read- ; ers, as followers: j 1Q1R ? ' A U^. AV AW* | Deer fromefolks: I am now near Bordeaux away down in the southern part of Franca, and it is certainly hot. We are not aflowed to wear khaki at all. These heavy woolen clothes are terrible. We have aii had to work hard since we got here. There is so much to do. I am now going to school six and a half hours a day, besides doing other wnri- with thp combanv. We had aa examination today. I think I came out all O. K. \ ; I am enclosing a picture of rny little French sweetheart. What do you think of her? She is the cutest little , thing I've ever seen. She is the pet i c? the regiment. You should see her salute the Americans. .She hag* a snappier salute than ninety per cent i of the soidiers. The'writing on the back of the picture translated into "English is: Affectionate (or loving* ! ? souvenir from a little heart of France.. Madeleine iMazet. When she gave me the picture she . sat down and wrote that on it. She j wears that overseas cap all the time. I ^ne of the doctors gave it to her^ and j . also gave her a first lieutenant's bar. That is the kind of cap, or hat, we have to wear. You get the full benefit of the sun while you've got it on, T had heard nf the beautiful streams i and roads of Frauce but my mind had never pictured them half as beautiful as they really are. Their worst roads are as good as our very best, and you go miles and'n&ver get out of a beautiful shade. Trees were set out at regular distance along every road V-in France, even the farm roads, and .. the rivers and Wrecks?their beauty just-can't be described. So much for the roads and. streams. When you get in town, things change a lot. The . towns' business sections are very old and out of date looking and the people are out o* date too. They are way behind us in everything that per^ tains to sanitation. You know how gotten Charleston smells, don't you7 Thafs nothing compared to the towns '' iere." These are awful. Luckily I " am in a little town and one of the ^ 9 . - , . . * ' ** ' \ H ,iB ? The C I Of . I t ^ , . I statement % . ^ Loans and Inves Liberty Bonds I Overdrafts, Sec Cash on hand ai \ \ Capital Stock Surplus and Pre Bills Payable Deposits - - * Jno. M. Kinard, Presi z R.^H. Wright, Assista ' The ( | ' The Bank x nicer ones at that. I am staying u a real nice place, the "Hotel de Voya guess.". U is a very nice little hote and is the most convenient place fci my olasses and company work tha I coiild have gotten. I am better sit uated than some of the others. I an taking my meals with the companv They feed pretty gocd and it doasn' .cost so much?only about 50c a da> My room doesn't cost me anything. I heard so much talk before I lei about everything being so muc' cheaper "over here" than "over there. Well that's all "bosh." Instead of dol'nr here doimr -wtyat three dollar will do in the <U. S. it is just abou the reverse. I saw some fairly nic ifinWn? neaehes in fruit stores an O * asked the price. They were only on franc (18c) a piece. Having my sui cleaned and pressed cost me approxi mately $1.75. A large size, gooi grade pencil tablet, cost me 3 1francs. A suit of clothes is the onl, thing I've found that is as cheap her as in the 1T. S. t ypq iv? this morning's pao?r tha C'naTleston and Wilmington have bee: shelled by submarines, using ga shells. Is that true? We get news papers printed in English every da: The X. Y. Hera id and the X. Y. Trib une have offices in Paris and we ge copies late every afternoon or eari; the next morning. They fceytainl; are welcomed by all. The people here can't understan why the Americans use so much wa ter. The French people make it a iron clad rule not to let any wate get above their, ankles. They do 'bath their feet, sometime. It tickles th i hotel lady every time I ask for I drink of "lo" (water.) I don't sup | pose she has taken a drink of wate | in a year. They drink nothing bt | wine and beer?mostly wine, j Oh, but you should see the Frenc ; trains. It's a sight \ *rne nine ei 1 oines are no larger than a mediui sized traction engine, and the freigl cars are just about the size of a ci; cus wagon, not a bit bigger eitha i It was such a relief to see reguls | engines running around. We hat ourN own engines, many box cars i our own and quite a few of our ow I tracks. They make the French ei gines and trains look like little toy j Near where we landed there is a I.enormous plant (U. S. of course) th; j assembles and puts into action or * " * - * _ . Baldwin locomotive engine every aa The parts are sent over from Anfer ca and assembled there. Those ei * \ ommercia : Newberry, S. of condition A;igi at call of Bank Examiner \ ? ^ RESOURCES stments $904,258. - - - 87,900. :ured and Unsecui nd in Banks - - LIABILITIES ifits - - - 9 B EE m m m m / ' X ? *7 . Wff r* 11 dent J. x. meraii, nt Cashier Floyd 2ommercia : That Always Trea i gines are small compared to majorit; - of ours in the TJ. S. but are muc! I larger than the largest French engin r I've seen. t From the looks of the grape Held - they intend using wine forever an 1 forever. You travel miles and mile r and as far as you can see on both side t of the track you see nothing bi \ grapes. They have no vines, that i running vines. T)r- cut the ns' growth away every year after fruit i k gone. Tbe "vines" are in rows aooi ? the same distance apart as cotto rows, and a field at a little distant a looks verv much like a well laid o s cotton field. They certainly do ha\ the fruit. The vines are just loade * now but mos' ~.e_ the grapes are ni (1 ripe yet. This immediate part < A France (Bordeaux) is noted for i1 grapes and fine quality of wines. ' iNow, mama, don't you think b< v cause I'm right in the midst of bee wine and whiskey that I'm going 1 y get the habit. I've lived too Ion 0 without it to start it now. The people here do every thing the rn to he1? you. Jt'? easy to get soir 11 onp to teaoh vou. to speak Frencl 5 They are all just as anxious to spea - English. I've found it much easi( * to learn from the "kiddies" than tl. fT^Awn 11 no Their* worrit; and SPT 5' unu ?? v.? v. ' tences are* much simpler than- tt - grown peoples. (Madeleine (the litt y girl shown on picture) has been n best teacher. She never gets tired < d repeating things for you until yc ~ understand and she can use a dictioi n ary much better than tne ordinal r grown person. If she can t raaKe n e understand, < she says, "Oh, you r ? goot" ahd grabs, my dictionary ar a looks up the wor3 in French so I ca see what it means in English. If ir had more time to spend with he very soon I would be so I could g along fine. I haven't tried to stuc h the language very much; I have P i- : in all mv time studying artillei n work. That is more important f< it: licking the Germans. r_! News from the front :ias been ve r encouraging lately, hasn't it? Mo ir of the people give the American a 1 0 of credit for the work that is beii J- done,?not alone for the actual figi n ing that we've done, but also for tl 1_ moral effect we have had on tl - French soldiers. A French colon n ?n romarVirtp n?i the British and t Americans said: "When the Briti; * | first came into France they look' y j like they wanted to own the countr; i-; when the Americans came they didi give a d who owaed the counti t 1 Bank c. 1 ist 31, 1918 ? - \ ? A 1 T1 .82? 992,159.23 red 25,842.04 103.867.46 $1,121,868.73 e \ - $ 50,000.00 92,933.72 30,000.00 CkAQ QQC fil - A v $1,121,868,73 Vice-President and Cashier Bradley Assistant Cashier 1 Ranlr - ts You Right" ?. . . . ' i r | they were there for business and all .1 th'ev wanted to do was to fight." Thev e ' ail marvel at the way we have got- j ten such an army together in such a s short time. President Wilson is a J popular. id#l here. I have a pretty s good picture of him and if I want to is; see some of the French people get it i excited 1 shew that to them. They s. '-at. so enthused they can't be still at ;v all, and you've never heard sur-h jab is ; bering in your life. In every place it I've been I'v largre poster with n Wilson's picture on them and under le the picture extracts from his many ff , wonderful speeches. rp * * -Jf 1 i i Lovingly, ! Claud. )f | , ts | MCHOLL'S MAJORITY 40?. j 1 t Fourth District Congressman Wins Out Asralnsi. Bomar. 0 ^ i T fr> < Greenville, Sept. 12.?Official re!v, r^rns of the second primary election in the Fourth congressional district. ^ which was held last Tuesday, show j. the nomination of Congressman Sam >r J. Xicholls over his opponent, Horace L, "Romar, an attorney of Spartanburg, : i -rrri + V. r. nf VntPS TllP Of- ! wilii a. iuajuiit; ur ?. ip fioial vote was: Boraar, 8,970; iXicholls | 9,376. (Nomination. in the primary is! v equivalent to election. )? ?r^i j | i- ! e I F.vfts Carefnllv Tested I; id a JAND I Glasses Properly Fitted j nr. ? Satisfaction Guaranteed ; | Frames Repaired ! Broken-Lenses Duplicated icr -I Zi G.C.Cooper SUCCESSOR TO ed P. C. Jeans & Co. y' Next door to N^w Bznk Building I . -I wd IS* J I Conde li TL- m'i2. i me iwuu Newt I ' ' From repor ' Showing Conditio! i r J I Loans and In Liberty Bond U. S. Bonds Cash and du< U. S. Trea I I ) 1 I I Capital Stocl Surplus and I Circulation . Dividends U] Ijl/cpudl vo Bills Payable Rediscounts1 THE NATIONj i b. c. matthf.ws, President. I State, Coui ~ fe Membt rag I Pershing: Is .W Tors Old. I Washington. Sept. 12.?Friday, "the 13th, which is tomorrow will b3 tin birrhday of General Pershing;, now ; leading the great American drive in j Fiance. He will be 58 years old. It is ajso the birthday of .Senator Henry F. Ashurst, of Arizona, who will ho 44. Senator Ashurst registered for the draft today and an-1 nounced that when his questionnaire is given to him he win waive exemption and hold himself in readiness to be inducted into the army as a private soldier. when T gpf to France," he ad-, ded. "I hope that I may be led into fcattle bv General Pershing whose birthday falls on the same day as j mine." ^ _____ ' \ 666 cures Bilious Fever. 8tf ! Make This Bank 1 CHECK YOUR UVIt by opening a and paying yoi In this way ; audit your Inc< eliminate the " I This bank invi \ \ Open a Checkii Buy War Savir V / t* i r* i i ne nxciu Of Newbi " The Bank o 1SZli nsed Stat OF nal Bank of ?pT*rv. South Ca - J J t to the Comptroller of ti a at the Clos? of Busii RESOURCES ivestments . . $ Is and Treas. Certificates ' ?2 ? frnm Ranks and W A A surer . . . . i LIABILITIES k' $ Jndivided Profits , tipaid .... ? ' 5 with Federal Bank * \L BANK OF i T. K. JOHNSTONE, Cashier. nty and Citj POVf I/O sr r euesui ivwc* ? ?> v . : :ia ". ; ' r,*/ . SEX A TO It-ELECT POILO^'S MOTHER DIES SUDDENLY* ^ Cheraw, Sept. 13.?Mrs Rebecca r| Pollock, molher of Senator-elect W. Ji P. rVlock, died suddenly this morning. The cr.jse of Mrs. Pollock's death is reported as heart failure. Prof. M.% C. Riser has just moved t?> Ridgeland, where he becomes the superintendent of the schools. He has been at Bluffton for the past eight , years in a similar capacity, which fact is sufficient to assure the Ridgeland people that their schools will be ? ViinHiori +V\* thp inpnmini? 5 UlA;t730J.u lljr liuuuivu iU! session.?The Leesville News. P^of. Riser's Newberry friends and rela- |h lives will be pleased to read this. ? j 666 cures Chills aitC Fever. M Kour Business Home fl iG ESPEK5ES? J ' - J i Checking Account 1M jr bills by check. * * pou will be able to >me and Expense and \ unnecessaries.'' ' i J tes you to? ^ i ' :] A ffrrkiirtf' find J I g / 1 W\/Mf ?? ? *? * igs Stamps I ^ I mge Bank srry,|S. C. f the People" 1 1 \ 1 > t * \ .M ement r i + f V ' Nmirnaimj, I < iiurrvuij I rolina J J be Currency J V ness Aug. 31,1918 f V ' I 1 t ' "j i 736,210.78 150,300.00 + am AAA AA ^ luu,oiuu.uu i ? 65,626 70 1,052,137.48 ? i 100.000.00 N| 15,322.19 1 100,000.00 1 94.00 I 560,171.34 1 146,000.00 130,549.95 >1 ap-o 1 07 A Q .-to / WBERRV, S. C. wr 1X7 ronMFR V T V T . 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